objectification
/ɒbˌd͡ʒɛkt.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃʌn/noun
objectification is a noun meaning “The act or process of objectifying something intangible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-B-J-E-C-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of objectification is objectifications.
What does objectification mean?
noun
- 1
The act or process of objectifying something intangible.
- 2
The act or process of objectifying someone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce objectification?
- /ɒbˌd͡ʒɛkt.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃʌn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-objectification.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of objectification
- objectifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is objectification?
Objectification appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Objectification in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | objectification |
| German | Objektifizierung, Verdinglichung |
| Portuguese | coisificação, reificação, objetificação |
| Spanish | cosificación, objetificación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does objectification come from?
From object + -ification, following objectify.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).